Vehicle-wheel.



No. 891,429. Y PATENTBD JUNE 23, 1908. J. LUPPINO.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LUPPINO, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH LUPPINO, a subject of the King of Italy,residing at New London, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVehicle-Wheels; and. I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1 a side view partially in section of a portion of a vehiclewheel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a sectionalview on the line a.b of Fig. 1.

This invention relates to an improvement in vehicle wheels, and whileadapted for various purposes, is particularly designed for motorvehicles, the object being to provide a wheel which will be suflicientlyrigid to stand the necessary strain and yet having a yielding tread orrim so as to break the jolt or jar caused by uneven surfaces in theroad, and absorb such jar in the wheel instead of transmitting itthrough the'springs to the vehicle; and the invention consists in theconstruction hereinafter described and particularly recited in theclaims.

In carrying out my invention I form the rim or tire of the wheel from aseries of sections 2, more or less'in number. These sections are formedfrom metal of inverted U shape in cross section, forming a tread 3 andsides 4 and 5. One end of each section of the tread is extended formingan S-shaped spring spoke 6 the inner end of which is secured to the hub7. The sides 4, 5 at the forward end project beyond the point where thespoke merges into the tread, and these ends are slightly set outward.The rear ends of each section are slightly set inward so as to enterSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 10, 1907. Serial No. 378,179.

Patented June 23, 1908.

outer end of the spokes might be riveted to the rim or tire instead ofbeing formed integral therewith.

I claim 1. The herein described wheel comprising a rim formed from aseries of sections hinged together, said sections of U-shape, the treadportions extended. forming integral spring spokes, substantially asdescribed.

2. The hereindescribed vehicle wheel comprising a rim formed from aseries of sections hinged together, said sections of U shape, the treadportions extended forming integral S- shaped spring spokes,substantially as described.

3. The herein described wheel comprising a rim formed from a series ofsections of U- shape in cross section forming a tread and sides, thetread extended forming integral spring spokes, the ends of adjacentsections ing witnesses.

JOSEPH LUPPINO. Witnesses F. X. DEBEAU, I ALBERT E. PAQUETTE.

